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Chaetodontidae
Indian butterflyfish
Chaetodon mitratus
Fourteen Centimeters Chaetodontid Fish of the Indian Ocean
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Africa
- Deep-bodied
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Deep-bodied
SmallIndian butterflyfish is a marine fish found around Western Indian Ocean. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 14 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Chaetodontidae
- Genus
- Chaetodon
- Maximum length
- 14 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Western Indian Ocean: known only from Mauritius, Reunion, Madagascar, Amirante, Christmas Island, and Cocos-Keeling Atoll south of Sumatra. Probably widely distributed around the islands of the tropical Indian Ocean.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
